This is a copy of the Spring 2026 Summary Update. If you like it, why not subscribe? Raring to Go Welcome to our Spring 2026 Summary Update and to many new Subscribers who have joined in the last year. […]

Background We are delighted to be working with Claire and James Birch at Doddington. Also involved is Antony Jarvis, the previous owner, instrumental in introducing irises to the property forty years ago. Antony is a distinguished iris grower in his […]

Biography Bryan Dodsworth (1920-2009) is the most celebrated C20 British Breeder Tall Bearded Irises. He lived at East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire where he bred his irises over fifty years, winning the prestigious UK Dykes Medal for new irises twelve times. […]

Spring 2026 Update The New Nursery August 2024 –  the irises arrive in Cumbria from Norfolk.  Temporary housing is provided at Bob Bennett’s Nursery at Distington near Whitehaven. And, work on the new walled garden begins in December 2024,  with […]

  2026 Prices 1) Standard Sales Plant We provide an iris grown in a 9cm pot with an established root system. Qty            Price 1-2            £18.50 3-5         […]

This is a copy of the Spring 2025 Summary Update. If you would like to receive this twice yearly update please subscribe. Our Updates are an important way to keep in touch with customers, past and present, and iris lovers […]

GROWING TALL BEARDED IRISES IN WET CONDITIONS UPDATED MARCH 2025 WEATHER The weather over the winter has been extremely wet in many parts of the country. During the last month it has started to dry out here in the north, […]

Stage 1 – Plants Moved to Distington This is a brief summary of progress with the New Nursery. The site in Norfolk was up for sale and we needed to move our plants north 300 miles. This happened during the […]

My Perfect Iris Annabel Jane I am often asked ‘what is my favourite iris’? This is never an easy question to answer. Irises are personal, and what makes an iris special depends on many different characteristics: colour, shape and form, […]

SPECIAL RESERVE IRISES 2025 RELEASE Welcome to our 2025 Special Reserve Irises . By adding two new varieties this year, Iceland Gull and Shirley Evelyn Hadfield, to the six from last year we are celebrating a way to bring some […]